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prof.dr. H.E. Vonkeman (Harald)

Honorary Professor
BMS-HIB-PGT
Cubicus B131B
h.e.vonkeman@utwente.nl
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CHAIR PATIENT CENTERED HEALTH TECHNOLOGY

My aim is to advance research that facilitates a transition of care, in which healthcare supported by technology is increasingly being delivered at a distance from healthcare institutions, in a way that is both meaningful to patients and has added value to society. To achieve this, I intend to further develop a platform and network that facilitates collaboration between patients, scientists, medical specialists, primary care professionals and tech companies, that stimulates development of innovative health technologies and accelerates access to evidence-based technological innovations in healthcare.

As a physician, my main aim has been to enhance quality of life of patients living with chronic rheumatic diseases. Although this work has significantly improved long term outcomes of patients, I have found that there are often striking discrepancies in perceptions of disease between patients and caregivers. Much of my research has been on measuring and using patients’ perspectives as goals of treatment, i.e., outcomes that are relevant to patients; such as pain, fatigue, physical function and participation. These outcomes are often multidimensional and complex, difficult to measure and even harder to use in treatment strategies. In recent years this work has branched out to the development and implementation of Value Based Health Care. 

The role of Health Technology has become increasingly important in the way professionals diagnose, treat and monitor patients, in healthcare institutions and increasingly also at home, as well as for patients themselves. Projects aimed at using innovative technology to measure and improve outcomes involve telemonitoring of chronic diseases, computer adaptive tests, pain threshold measurement and therapeutic use of virtual reality.

As a board member of the Dutch Society for Rheumatology (NVR), charged with the portfolio Training & Education, and as director of the MST Rheumatology Fellowship, I endeavor to include innovative health technology in future medical intern- and fellowships of physicians and nurses.

Expertise

  • Medicine and Dentistry

    • Patient
    • Rheumatoid Arthritis
    • Inpatient
    • Therapeutic Procedure
    • Disease Activity
    • Pain
    • Adverse Drug Reaction
    • COVID-19

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Ancillary activities

  • Medisch Spectrum TwenteMedical Specialist

Publications

2024
Characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital with and without respiratory symptoms, Article e29591. Citarella, B. W., Kartsonaki, C., Ibáñez-Prada, E. D., Gonçalves, B. P., Baruch, J., Escher, M., Pritchard, M. G., Wei, J., Philippy, F., Dagens, A., Hall, M., Lee, J., Kutsogiannis, D. J., Wils, E. J., Fernandes, M. A., Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan, B. K., Panda, P. K., Martin-Loeches, I., Ohshimo, S., … Vonkeman, H.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29591What benefit-risk trade-offs are acceptable to rheumatoid arthritis patients during treatment selection? Evidence from a multicountry choice experiment, Article e003311. Alten, R., Nieto-Gonzalez, J. C., Jacques, P., Montecucco, C., Moots, R., Radner, H., Vonkeman, H. E., Heidenreich, S., Whichello, C., Krucien, N. & Van Beneden, K.https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003311Increased vascular inflammation on PET/CT in psoriatic arthritis patients in comparison with controls, Article e003547. Kleinrensink, N. J., Spierings, J., Vonkeman, H. E., Seddiqi, N., Herman, A., Suijkerbuijk, K. P. M., Heijstek, M. W., Jansen, M. P., de Jong, P. A. & Foppen, W.https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003547
2023
The Relationship between Nociceptive Detection Thresholds and Pressure-and Electrical Pain Thresholds: An Explorative Study in Rheumatoid Arthritis PatientsIn 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Sydney, Australia. IEEE. Jansen, N., Berfelo, T., Vonkeman, H. E., ten Klooster, P. M., van den Berg, B., Krabbenbos, I. P. & Buitenweg, J. R.https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340755Test–Retest Reliability of the Generalized Pain Questionnaire in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Preliminary Reference Values for Non-Clinical and Several Clinical Samples, 4127-4137. Jansen, N., ten Klooster, P. M., Vonkeman, H. E. & Buitenweg, J. R.https://doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S430280Factors associated with treatment intensification in patients with axial spondyloarthritis and high disease activity in clinical practice (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Webers, C., Nezam El-Din, R., Beckers, E., Been, M., Vonkeman, H. E. & van Tubergen, A.https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kead634The effect of corticosteroids, antibiotics, and anticoagulants on the development of post-COVID-19 syndrome in COVID-19 hospitalized patients 6 months after discharge: a retrospective follow up study, 4881-4888. Davelaar, J., Jessurun, N., Schaap, G., Bode, C. & Vonkeman, H.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10238-023-01153-7The impact of health literacy: associations with disease activity and medication prescription in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, 3409-3415. Gorter, A., Bakker, M. M., Klooster, P. M. T., Boonen, A. & Vonkeman, H. E.https://doi.org/10.1093/RHEUMATOLOGY/KEAD094Development of a Framework Structuring Themes in the Course of Adverse Drug Reactions from a Patient’s Perspective, 1039-1047. van Lint, J. A., Sonnenberg, M., Vonkeman, H. E., van den Bemt, B. J. F., van Puijenbroek, E. P. & Jessurun, N. T.https://doi.org/10.1007/s40264-023-01343-yFactors Associated With Residual Disease in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results From a Clinical Practice Registry, 1430-1438. Webers, C., Boonen, A., Vonkeman, H. E. & van Tubergen, A.https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.2023-0194

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